The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

like that?”

The man in the blue robe showed his teeth.
Cold air came from his teeth, which were as sharp as a sawtooth.

“I had no choice, since attacking them again would’ve been a bad decision.”

The man in the black robe sighed lightly.

“That stupid plan, and that stupid decision! You just think too much!”

“It’s better than you, who just charges in like an idiot.”

They glared at each other, emanating savage combative energy that only existed from monsters.

“So, what are you going to do next? The plan of baiting out Milland is pretty much dead!”

“It’s fine.
I have a new plan.”

The man in the black robe shook his head.

“A new plan?”

“During the wave that’s about to start, we will mix a little bit of our power in there.”

“Mix our power?”

“Yes.
Use your power to make more ocean monsters participate in the wave.”

“And what are you going to do?”

“I’ll prepare something to break the wall.”

He lifted his robe.
A skull with long black hair was floating in the air.
Black light was coming out of its empty eyes, as if it were alive.

“Bomb skull?”

“We can definitely destroy a castle wall like that using this guy.”

“It will be shredded before getting close to the castle wall.”

“It’s fine.
I modified it so it can be hidden behind shadows.
Even a master won’t be able to find it.”

The man in the black robe confidently caressed the bomb skull.

“And then? Habun Castle won’t collapse just from destroying the wall.”

“Don’t worry.
The plan of baiting out Milland and the executives will begin then.
They will have no choice but to come out once the wall is destroyed.”

“Haa… This is the last time.”

The man in the blue robe frowned and crossed his arms.

“Even though we have the same objective, we don’t need to share the process.
If you fail this time, I’ll use my own method.”

“That won’t happen.”

The man in the black robe smiled, fiddling with the green mask in his hand.

“I’ll use the card that will force Habun Castle to take action.”

 

* * *

 

In the training ground at daybreak, when darkness hadn’t yet disappeared, Raon swung his sword.
The heated wind coming from the sword melted the frozen ground, and the cold wind screamed.

He kicked the ground and lifted his blade.
The vivid motion felt like he was facing a powerful enemy in front of him.
He was in the middle of a life and death battle against an imaginary enemy.

“Haaa.”

Ice came from Raon’s mouth.
His eyes froze, and the heat on the blade cooled down.

The glowing blue blade was thrust fiercely, like a beast’s fang.
The melted ground froze like a rock, and a flower of frost bloomed in the air.

The flower of ice dancing on the silver blade fluttered to the wind, spinning around him.

 

Clang!

 

Each one of the flower petals of frost became a sharp blade of ice, ripping apart Raon’s imaginary enemy.
It was only after they finished their job that they melted down like the morning dew.

“Haa.”

Raon eased the frost and caught his breath.

Hmm…

Wrath groaned in dissatisfaction.

‘What’s up?’

You are growing abnormally fast.

‘……’

Raon was dumbfounded as he stared at Wrath.
That was a strange reaction to have when it was him that told him to practice with image.
It looked like he forgot everything other than the taste of the pineapple pizza.

“Wow!”

While he was confused by Wrath’s reaction, Dorian—who’d been standing at the outer border of the training ground—approached him.

“You can bloom six ice flowers now.
It’s insane how much it changes every time I see it.”

Dorian was amazed by the rate he was getting stronger.

‘I’m indeed growing faster than I thought.’

The combination of Wrath’s advice and the experience from the mission allowed him to develop Glacier and the Fangs of Insanity at an extraordinary pace.
The speed, which surpassed his expectations, even surprised himself.

“You can also get stronger quickly if you train from daybreak to night.”

“Daybreak to night… The young master never changes, even though you are now sixteen years old.”

“There’s no reason to change.”

Nothing changed even though he was away from home, and he was sixteen years old now.
He just needed to train as much as possible using the time he had.

“Did you also train?”

“I didn’t exactly train, but I ran around the castle.”

Dorian nodded with a grin.

“Did you bring the Snow Strikers again?”

“Yes, it’s my daily routine.”

“You don’t even have a month left now.
Is that a shame?”

“Yes.
Haaah…”

The Snow Strikers wouldn’t be scouts anymore in less than a month.
Dorian looked sad about it.

“But that’s okay, since I have other juniors.”

Dorian seemed to think he was a scout, rather than a guard for the scouts.
Despite how he struggled in the beginning, he was now completely used to their new life.

“You look like you’re used to it now.”

“But the same goes for the young master.”

“Well, I suppose.”

Like he said, he grew attached to the scouts because he saw them every day in the training ground, sharing hardships and joy during missions.

“It would’ve been great if those shitty waves didn’t exist.
Ah! I just spoke that ominous word! Damn it!”

Dorian tore his hair out, since he didn’t even want to think about it.

“Stop it.
Let’s go eat.”

“Yes.”

Dorian went limp and nodded.

Let’s go to the Branch of Frost.
The food from the soldier cafeteria is truly the worst.

Wrath waved his hand of ice, pleading with him to go to the Branch of Frost.

‘Isn’t the soldier cafeteria fine? I liked it.’

How can you like that hard piece of bread and soup? I had the feeling already, but your tongue isn’t normal.
I’m sure the stats that should’ve been in your tongue all went to your willpower.

‘Maybe.’

Raon snickered.
In his previous life’s childhood, he only got a piece of bread for completing a mission.
Since he was now given a meal three times a day, it was pretty much a heaven compared to that.

However, he didn’t want to hear that from a guy that went crazy for mint chocolate and pineapple pizza.

‘Maybe I should go there since it’s been a long time.’

R-Really?

‘Yes, I guess I should listen to you once in a while.’

Are you sure you don’t have an ulterior motive?

‘I don’t.’

Raon snickered and turned around.
Since he felt satisfied about the growth of his swordsmanship, aura, and frost, he decided to satisfy Wrath’s taste as well.

“Dorian, let’s go to the Branch of Frost this morning.
I’ll pay for you.”

“What? What happened to you?”

“I figured we should eat something special once in a while.”

“Oh! I see!”

He entered the Branch of Frost with Dorian, who was feeling better.
Since it was time for breakfast, the tables were all occupied except for one.

“Oh! Instructor!”

“My greetings, instructors!”

“Did you come here to eat?”

“Yua! I’ll pay for the instructor’s meal!”

The soldiers that were eating breakfast stood up at once and bowed at Raon.

“I told you I’m not an instructor.”

“Since you are checking our postures every day, you are the instructor!”

“Yes! You are my master!”

“That’s enough, please keep eating.”

Raon waved his hand and sat at the table in the center.
He was almost annoyed, since so many people started calling him instructor and greeted him.

“You made a great decision by visiting us today!”

Yua ran out from the kitchen, swaying her twin tails.

“We got a new menu item! Will you try it?”

Yua smiled brightly and pointed at the newly added line on the menu.

“Apple meat pie?”

“Yes! It’s a moist and sweet meat pie with ground apples in it.”

“Hmm…”

It didn’t sound that great.

Raon would have preferred just meat or just fruit.
He didn’t exactly like having a mixture of the two.

Eat it! Pick it! Choose it!

Wrath’s ice surged like a flame pillar.

The King of Essence is interested in the apple meat pie!

His voice sounded like he was drooling.

“Then, I’ll take that pie.
What about you, Dorian?”

“Since I don’t like experimenting, I’ll just take the normal scout set menu and pineapple cookie!”

“Yes!”

He took out a pineapple from his belly pocket.
Yua accepted the pineapple with an accustomed movement.

Add a pineapple cookie! The King of Essence also wants to feel that chewy sensation!

“Haah.
I’ll also take a pineapple cookie.”

“Yes!”

Yua smiled cheerfully and went to the kitchen.

“How many pineapples do you even have?”

“I don’t have that many left now.”

He rubbed his belly pocket with a saddened expression.
It was pretty scary how he said there weren’t that many left.

That perfect preparedness is the King of Essence’s first subordinate indeed.
Order him to thoroughly pack the ingredients.

‘But you said you didn’t know him last time.’

……

Wrath turned his head, pretending he didn’t hear Raon.

It didn’t take long for Yua to come out with hot food, while Raon was chatting with Dorian.

“Oh, that’s a nice fragrance.”

“It’s not just the fragrance, but it also tastes great.
Why don’t you taste it?”

Yua placed her hand on her waist and nodded firmly.

“Alright.”

Raon smiled lightly and picked up the knife.
He cut the pie, and the apple’s sourness and the meat’s strong fragrance spread out in a perfect harmony, making his mouth water.

F-Fast! Eat it already!

‘Stop whining.’

As he was about to help himself, it became noisy from the outside of the pub.

 

Slam!

 

The door opened and Radin entered, his face completely red.
It looked like there was an emergency since his gaze was urgent.

“Raon! You were here!”

Raon was the person he was looking for.

“What’s the matter?”

“The commander summoned you!”

“At this hour?”

“It’s an emergency.”

Raon realized what was going on after hearing what he said.

“The sign of the wave has appeared.”

“Wave…”

Raon frowned and stood up.

“Wave? Wave.
Wave!”

Dorian shouted ‘wave’ three times, growing as stiff as a wooden doll.

“D-did he just say wave?”

“Damn it…”

“Hah, it was about time it happened.”

The soldiers' eyes quivered.
They anxiously put down their forks and bit their lips.

“Yua, I’ll try the new item later.
Don’t worry.”

“Ah, yes.”

Raon tapped Yua’s shoulder as she looked anxious, then followed Radin out of the pub.

W-Wait! Where are you going?

Wrath stuck to the pie dish, extending his body like a rubber band.

The King of Essence will solve the wave or whatever for you! One bite, just take a single bite before you go! Raon!

He tried grabbing the pie dish with his icy hand, but obviously he couldn’t grab it.
He was pulled back to Raon like an arrow that left the bowstring.

Why can the King of Essence never be happy? Why?

“Waveeee!”

The Branch of Frost was filled by the scream of despair of a coward, and a demon king that couldn’t eat the pie.